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Kra

American  
[krah] / krɑ /

noun

  1. Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.


Kra British  
/ krɑː /

noun

  1. an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)

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At Kra Z Kai’s Laotian Barbeque, in Corona, Calif., Musky Bilavarn’s menu is edited to keep things very simple: a few kinds of marinated and grilled meats, drippy papaya salad and plenty of sticky rice.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2022

Like his mother, Bilavarn spent years in professional kitchens and was most recently managing a Papa John’s before he opened Kra Z Kai’s last summer in a shopping center just off Interstate 15.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2019

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Prasat Kra Chap at Koh Ker, part of the vast medieval conurbation revealed by laser scanning in Cambodia.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2016

King Narai the Great of what was then Siam hired French engineers to have a look at cutting a channel through the 30-mile-wide Isthmus of Kra in the 17th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 16, 2015

I began to laugh, Larry joined me, and then Kra and Gulk joined in our merriment with deep batrachian cachinnations and gruntings.

From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham